 Because my time was about two weeks short in July and I’m leaving for Greece tomorrow this is as far as I got on painting. Although I’m not completely finished (I plan to finish before tonight) this is the longest most time consuming part because past this point I just need to paint letters and attach the neon and light bulbs. Both of those are things I can get help on unlike the intricate painting of this bottom part that I needed to do on my own. I’m am extremely happy with how far I’ve gotten this month considering the scale and the fact that it is almost like I’m painting 3 projects instead of just one. So far with the way it is pulling together I think it really rounds out my portfolio because it ties in many themes that were prevalent in my artwork. I definitely prefer the “A” and in hindsight think I should have at least on the “U” used one large image instead of many small ones which to me doesn’t have as effective of a composition and doesn’t create as much connection as the last one. I also dislike that with the S the main color (white) cannot be used as a mid tone like it is on the other two which I find more visually pleasing because of that. If I were to do something similar in the future I would definitely choose darker/mid toned colors to be the base instead of something light like white or yellow to maintain the visual effect.
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For the last week I went out and bought some plywood and traced out the parts of the sign I wanted. I also cut out some of the parts (the lower USA). I then primed these pieces with gesso put a base coat of color and started painting the A which will eventually be a depiction of one of the children who died in Texas after being separated from her parents. I’ll paint her behind bars to reference the government separating and locking up children in detention centers on the border. This will with the rest of the sign symbolize how the United States is in effect throwing away its humanity.
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